Alberta Lockridge Scott

Published 2:33 pm Friday, May 6, 2016

Alberta Lockridge Scott died on Tuesday, May 3, 2016, at Merit Health River Region Medical Center. She was 76.

Mrs. Scott was born Dec. 22, to Ella and Joe Lockridge. She was a member of Trinity Temple Church and a member of the Order of Eastern Star. She was a longtime homemaker in the Vicksburg area.

She was preceded in death by her mother, Mrs. Ella Lockridge; father, Mr. Joe Wheeler Lockridge; two brothers J.B Lockridge; and Joe Lockridge Jr.

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Survivors include her husband, James Scott Jr.; four daughters, Janice McLaughlin of Oklahoma City, Sarah Scott and evangelist Debbie Blossom of Vicksburg and Rita Ellison of Pembroke Pines, Fla.; one son, Michael James Scott of Vicksburg; sisters, Hester Lockridge of Vicksburg and Mary Jane Lockridge of Glen Allen; brothers, Charles Goodman of Vicksburg, and Charles Lockridge Sr. and Jimmy Lockridge, both of Glen Allen; eight grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren; and five great-great-grandchildren; one aunt, Ruby Daniels Washington of Vicksburg; and cousins, nieces, nephews, and other relatives and friends.

Services will be 10 a.m. Saturday, May 7, 2016, at Greater Grove Street Missionary Baptist Church on with the Rev. James Archer officiating. Burial will follow at Cedar Hill Cemetery under the direction of Lakeview Memorial Funeral Home.

Visitation is Friday from 5 to 7 p.m. at the funeral home.